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association with Las Casas

...figure at court and at the Council of the Indies. In addition to writing numerous
memoriales (petitions), he came into direct confrontation with the learned
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, an increasingly important figure at court by reason of his
Democrates segundo; o, de las justas causas de la guerra contra los indios...

role in Spanish history

...them from their Spanish masters. The Dominican Bartolomé de Las Casas fought long battles to modify at least the greatest evils of colonial exploitation. His debates with a theologian,
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and the writings of Francisco de Vitoria provide the first systematic discussions of the moral and legal problems of conquest and colonial rule. Their...